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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
6
A miscellany of quips and social observations from High Point North Carolina notes about fashion dogs taxes hats skirts cars and city life. The column riffs on trends and witticisms with playful jabs at culture and society.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt wins a libel case against George A. Newett in Marquette Michigan. The jury awards six cents in nominal damages with each side paying its own expenses. Roosevelt waives further damages and states his aim was to curb future slander.
Secretary McAdoo announced the allocation of federal funds to national banks across states. The thirteen southern states will receive 2,902,000 spread over 159 banks in 127 cities, while the eight middle states get 2,932,000 in 164 banks across 133 cities and the nine western states 950,000 in 72 banks across 60 cities. The report also notes the government deposits carry a 2 percent annual interest charge.
Greek and Bulgarian forces clash as Greek headquarters order commanders to avoid engagements. The Bulgarian provocation prompts a Greek protest from Sofia while a Belgrade Athens conference seeks diplomatic handling of the tension. In Georgia, a lightning storm kills Mrs. J C Thomas and her son Jesse Jr at their Macon area home, injuring four others including Elliott Thomas and Merreal Kethvin.
The Twenty fourth annual United Confederate Reunion chose Jacksonville Florida to host with Commander in Chief General Bennett H Young of Louisville re elected with three departmental commanders. A memorial service and monument dedications at Chickamauga Park featured Florida Alabama delegations and a Sons of Confederate Veterans parade. Stilwell gets four to eight years for bribery after conviction by a jury in New York.
Roanoke Va W J Miller 60 whose home is near Bedford Va committed death by own action at six o clock in the morning by hanging himself to a tree in his orchard. His body was found by family before life was extinct and though he lived fifteen minutes after being cut down never regained consciousness. Miller's destruction was deliberate he climbed to the topmost branches tied the rope securely and jumped. He died from strangulation.
Nat Herreshoff, famed designer of cup defenders, plans to build a new challenger for the America's Cup next year. A New York Yacht Club syndicate led by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and C. Oliver Iselin will finance the effort, and Herreshoff may accept a commission after his conference in New York.
A 40 foot pylon memorial to 267 sailors and officers lost on the Maine is unveiled in Central Park. A 252 gun salute from Atlantic fleet ships marks the ceremony with 5000 troops, dignitaries including Taft, navy officials, Maine and New York governors. General Wilson presided, reading a President Wilson letter honoring the Maine tragedy and its role in liberty.
Secretary Bryan announced that eight nations Italy Geral Britain France Brazil Sweden Norway Peru and Russia have replied favorably to the peace plan. No adverse replies were received though some asked more time the secretary said a tentative statement with suggested details was submitted for consideration.
Thad A. Thompson of Austin Texas prominent businessman and Democratic worker chosen as United States minister to Colombia to succeed James T. Dubois. He is a friend of Postmaster General Burleson and a Baltimore convention delegate. Bryan said no negotiations with Colombia would start until a minister is selected.
A cyclonic wind event swept through Norfolk Virginia with rain and hail. Twenty houses collapsed in Berkeley and South Norfolk. no deaths reported yet. Mrs. George Harper injured as her Holly Avenue home blew down. others hurt by debris. Dozens of small craft wrecked or carried to sea.
The bodies of Barbara Frietchie and her husband John C. Fritchie were disinterred from the old Reformed Congregational cemetery and reburied in the new mausoleum at Mount Olivet cemetery next to Frances Scott Key. The ceremony featured a recitation of Whittier's poem by Miss Medera Matz.
Washington says Japanese papers misreported that preparations for war were underway. Embassies deny troop and artillery increases in Hawaii and the Philippines, noting only routine regimental exchanges. In California, Governor Johnson denounces alien land law and calls supporters ignorant or bought.
Deputy Sheriff J P Gaines and Frank Nation were seriously wounded in a running gun battle at Hugo station near Cartersville Georgia. Six alleged bandits fired about 100 shots after threatening Telegraph Operator Thomas Scorvells for $40. Nation and two others were captured. the fight ended with three men wounded and others dispersed.
In Washington the drive to eradicate slums gains momentum from the White House family and women leaders. Mrs Wilson joins a National Civic Federation meeting and a letter from President Wilson supports creating sanitary housing for the poor. The initiative aims to clear disreputable alleys and improve living conditions.
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